Below are a couple of top news stories of the day, featuring Booker T and Chelsea Green.
• 2-Time WWE Hall of Famer & current NXT commentator Booker T returned to the ring on Saturday night for a match against real-life Bloodline member Zilla Fatu, the son of late WWE veteran Umaga, at a Reality of Wrestling (ROW) event.
The bout was set up after Booker confronted Fatu in December, and Fatu issued the challenge. Booker T ultimately won the contest, which also saw involvement from AJ Francis, aka Top Dolla.
Zilla Fatu, who has been wrestling for two years, trained at Booker T’s ROW school and is seen as a promising talent. While it’s unclear if WWE is interested in signing him, ROW is a WWE ID school, making the possibility notable.
Fatu has previously expressed deep respect for Booker T, calling him a “father-like figure” who has supported him and guided his career.
This match marked Booker T’s first since the 2023 Men’s Royal Rumble, his first ROW match since 2022, and his first singles match in 6 years.
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• Matt Cardona, formerly known as Zack Ryder in WWE, has thrived on the indy scene since his release from WWE in 2020. However, his wife, Chelsea Green, has expressed a strong desire to see him return to WWE, prioritizing this even above her own career success.
In an interview on the Casual Conversations podcast, Green shared her heartfelt hopes for Cardona’s WWE comeback:
“I want to see Matt in WWE, honestly more than anything else, anything else that I even could want out of my career. I feel guilt because first of all, he supports me like no other. He’s so happy for me. He watches everything I do. He’s at shows when I’m winning championships. But at the end of the day, I go home and I know that this was his dream.
I joke with you about the fact that I googled how to be a WWE Diva, but he didn’t. He literally came out of the womb wanting to be a WWE Superstar. So I just want him so badly to come back and have that final closure, that ending that he so deserves as, I mean, he was with WWE for a very, very, very long time. I think the fans want it too.
Like, I don’t want to speak for anyone, but I just, I get a lot of people asking, you know, when’s he coming back? When’s he coming back? Gosh, I would love, love, love to see him back.”
While Cardona has stated that his Zack Ryder persona is a thing of the past, it remains to be seen how WWE might reintroduce him if he ever returns.
